The principal regulations are amended by revoking regulation 8, and substituting the following regulation:

“8Offences and penalties

“(1)A person commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000 if the person contravenes, or fails to comply with, any of regulations 3A(6), 3B to 6B, 6E to 7A, or 7B(1)(b) or (2).

“(2)A person commits a serious non-commercial offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding $20,000 if the person contravenes, or fails to comply with regulation 3A(7) or regulation 7B(3).

“(3)It is a defence to a charge of possessing more than the specified maximum daily number of any fish in contravention of these regulations if the defendant satisfies the court that the number of fish possessed in excess of the relevant specified daily number were not taken in breach of the regulations.”

Martin Bell,

Acting for Clerk of the Executive Council.

Explanatory note

This note is not part of the regulations, but is intended to indicate their general effect.

Eprint notes

1General

This is an eprint of the Fisheries (South-East Area Amateur Fishing) Amendment Regulations (No 2) 2001 that incorporates all the amendments to those regulations as at the date of the last amendment to them.

2About this eprint

This eprint is not an official version of the legislation under section 18 of the Legislation Act 2012.